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Ceruse [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. White-lead; a carbonate of lead, produced by exposing the metal in thin plates to the vapor of vinegar. Lead is sometimes found native in the form of ceruse

2. CERUSE of antimony is a white oxyd of antimony, which separates from the water in which diaphoretic antimony has been washed.

Ceruse [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.

2. A cosmetic containing white lead.

3. The native carbonate of lead.

Cerused [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Washed with a preparation of white lead.

Cerused [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face.